PageFair analytics hacked and used to distribute malware on Halloween

For 83 minutes the PageFair analytics service was compromised by hackers. The network was used to seed customer websites with malicious code that prompted users to download a Trojan posing as Adobe Flash.

What would YOU do with a $1,000,000 exploit? [Chet Chat Podcast 220]

Here’s the past week’s news in a way that’s fun, informative and educational – all in a tight, quarter-hour podcast format. (Plus – find out what Chester would do with the $1m!)

TalkTalk keeps talking about that data breach but never says the right thing

With every new piece of information about the TalkTalk breach, we seem to get no closer to the truth about what exactly happened, who was responsible, and what TalkTalk is doing to fix this messy affair.

US cybersecurity plan won’t stop the government getting hacked – but it’s a start

A new strategy unveiled by the White House this week should help the US to improve its flawed cyberdefenses, but even the US CIO admits that there can never be perfect security.